Labor
Farmworkers to Colbert Nation: “Take our jobs”
July 8, 2010United Farm Worker union president takes the immigration issue to Stephen Colbert with a "Take Our Jobs" campaign.
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Appeals court bars Pratt & Whitney from moving jobs
July 8, 2010EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Workers at Pratt & Whitney, owned by the profitable United Technologies Corp., have won a major court decision protecting their jobs.
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Domestic workers win basic labor rights
July 8, 2010NEW YORK-After a six-year struggle, domestic workers here won a huge victory.
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Philly taxi drivers protest immigrant detentions
July 8, 2010Taxi drivers protest underhanded tactics and immigration arrests of 25 drivers by local parking authority working in collusion with federal immigration officials.
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Strikers at Mott’s pick up nationwide support
July 7, 2010Support from around the country is coming in to 300 striking workers at the Mott's apple products plant in Williamson, N.Y.
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